Chiseled In Stone Lyrics - Singles - Vern Gosdin

You ran cryin' to the bedroom 

I ran off to the bar 

Another piece of heaven gone to hell 

The words we spoke in anger 

Just tore my world apart 

And I sat there feelin' sorry for myself 

Then an old man sat down beside me 

And looked me in the eye 

He said, "Son, I know what you're goin' through 

You ought to get down on your knees 

And thank your lucky stars 

That you've got someone to go home to. 

You don't know about lonely 

Or how long nights can be 

Til you've lived through the story 

That's still livin' in me 

You don't know about sadness 

Til you've faced life alone 

You don't know about lonely 

Til it's chiseled in stone." 

So I brought these pretty flowers 

Hoping you would understand 

Sometimes a man is such a fool 

Those golden words of wisdom 

From the heart of that old man 

Showed me I ain't nothin' without you 

You don't know about lonely 

Or how long nights can be 

Til you've lived through the story 

That old man just told me 

And you don't know about sadness 

Til you've faced life alone 

You don't know about lonely 

Til it's chiseled in stone 

You don't know about lonely 

Til it's chiseled in stone